# शिक्य
## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* শিক্য (Assamese script)
* ᬰᬶᬓ᭄ᬬ (Balinese script)
* শিক্য (Bengali script)
* 𑰫𑰰𑰎𑰿𑰧 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀰𑀺𑀓𑁆𑀬 (Brahmi script)
* ၐိကျ (Burmese script)
* શિક્ય (Gujarati script)
* ਸ਼ਿਕ੍ਯ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌶𑌿𑌕𑍍𑌯 (Grantha script)
* ꦯꦶꦏꦾ (Javanese script)
* 𑂬𑂱𑂍𑂹𑂨 (Kaithi script)
* ಶಿಕ್ಯ (Kannada script)
* ឝិក្យ (Khmer script)
* ຨິກ຺ຍ (Lao script)
* ശിക്യ (Malayalam script)
* ᡧᡳᡬᠶᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘫𑘱𑘎𑘿𑘧 (Modi script)
* ᠱᠢᢉᠶ᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧋𑧒𑦮𑧠𑧇 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐱𑐶𑐎𑑂𑐫 (Newa script)
* ଶିକ୍ଯ (Odia script)
* ꢯꢶꢒ꣄ꢫ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆯𑆴𑆑𑇀𑆪 (Sharada script)
* 𑖫𑖰𑖎𑖿𑖧 (Siddham script)
* ශික්‍ය (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩿𑩑𑩜 𑪙𑩻 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚧𑚮𑚊𑚶𑚣 (Takri script)
* ஶிக்ய (Tamil script)
* శిక్య (Telugu script)
* ศิกฺย (Thai script)
* ཤི་ཀྱ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒬𑒱𑒏𑓂𑒨 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨮𑨁𑨋𑩇𑨪 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ḱeyk- (“belt, strap”). Cognate with Lithuanian šikšnà; also compare Finnish hihna, a Baltic borrowing. By surface analysis, शिक् (śik) +‎ -य (-ya).

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /ɕi.kí.jɐ/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ˈɕik.jɐ/

### Noun

शिक्य • (śikyà) stem, n (metrical Vedic śikíya)
* a kind of loop or swing made of rope and suspended from either end of a pole or yoke to receive a load, carrying swing (also applied to the load so carried)
** c. 1200 BCE – 1000 BCE, Atharvaveda 9.3.6:यानि तेऽन्तः शिक्यान्य्आबेधू रण्याय कम् । प्र ते तानि चृतामसि शिवा मानस्य पत्नी न उद्धिता तन्वे भव ॥yāni teʼntaḥ śikyānyābedhū raṇyāya kam. pra te tāni cṛtāmasi śivā mānasya patnī na uddhitā tanve bhava.We loosen the loops which men have bound within thee, to tie and hold. Be gracious, when erected, to our bodies, Lady of the Home.
* the string of a balance

#### Derived terms

* शिक्याकृत (śikyā́kṛta)

#### Descendants

* Pali: sikkā
* Prakrit: 𑀲𑀺𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀕 (sikkaga), 𑀲𑀺𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀬 m or n (sikkaya) (< शिक्यक (śikyaka)), 𑀲𑀺𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀺𑀆 f (sikkiā)
    Helu Prakrit:
** Sinhalese: සික්කාව (sikkāwa)
    Khasa Prakrit:
** Nepali: सिको (siko)
    Magadhi Prakrit:
** Assamese: সিকিয়া (xikia)
** Bengali: শিকা (śika)
** Maithili:
    Devanagari script: सीक (sīk)
    Tirhuta script: 𑒮𑒲𑒏 (sīka)
** Odia: ଶିକା (śikā)
    Maharastri Prakrit:
** Old Marathi:
    Devanagari script: सिंकें (siṃkeṃ)
    Modi script: 𑘭𑘲𑘽𑘎𑘹𑘽 (sīṃkeṃ)
    Sauraseni Prakrit:
** Gurjara Apabhramsa:
*** Gujarati: શીકું (śīkũ)
* Prakrit:
    Paisaci Prakrit:
** Takka Apabhramsa:
*** Punjabi: chikkā
    Gurmukhi script: ਛਿੱਕਾ
    Shahmukhi script: چھِکّا
** Vracada Apabhramsa:
*** Sindhi:
    Arabic script: ڇِڪو
    Devanagari script: छिको
**** ⇒ Sindhi:
    Arabic script: ڇِڪَڻُ
    Devanagari script: छिकणु
    Sauraseni Prakrit:
** Sauraseni Apabhramsa:
*** Hindustani: chī̃kā
    Devanagari script: छींका
    Arabic script: چِھین٘کا (chī̃kā)

### Further reading

* Monier Williams (1899) “शिक्य”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1069.
* Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “शिक्य”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan
* Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “शिक्य”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
* Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “śikyà”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press